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Bikes, masked and no cell phones. Don't give them anything.
The last one, leave your cellphones at home. Don't turn them off, leave them at home. Don't turn them off and bring them. Leave them at home.
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Leave your cellphone at home. THey can track it, confiscate it at protests. Don't turn it off and take it to one, they can get a warrant to get information from a carrier to know where and when it was turned off to use it against you. Leave it at home, turned on so it looks like normal behavior. Cellphones are narcs.
Put it on top of a Roomba and schedule a bunch of short cleaning sessions to simulate walking around in your home.
Would uncanny valley makeup work? I want to stare at counter protestors
Dazzle camouflage would probably work better against AI and facial recognition. Highly reflective clothing would probably also work.
Adversarial patterns
Reflective clothing on a bike is actually a pretty good safety tip for riding after dark